Chapter 12

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this story will become very dark and may contain material that upsets some peoole

RATED : Mature Audiences only

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Hotch and Rossi's team broke in through the front door.

Right when they walked in, they saw Chris sitting on the couch. He didn't flinch when the door opened. He was smiling.

"Chris, it's the FBI. It's over." Hotch said, aiming his gun at Chris.

When Chris didn't move, Rossi stepped in.

"Chris, stand up. Now." Rossi demanded.

When he heard Morgan say "We got her!" through the radio, he felt the anger rise.

Chris slowly stood up, and Hotch and Rossi ran to him and Rossi slapped the cuffs roughly on his wrists.

"Chris Bradley, you're under arrest for the kidnapping and torture of Emily Prentiss, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning." Rossi read him his rights, then the two officers dragged him to the police car.

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Morgans team kept walking down the hall, clearing every room they went past. JJ glanced up and saw picture frames hung on the wall, families and their smiling faces.

They stopped when they got to the last room. The door was closed and the officer slowly opened it. Before either Morgan or JJ was even in the room, they heard someone shuffling and one of the officers said,

"Hey...Are you Emily Prentiss? You're safe now."

Morgan ran in and saw the officer crouched down, moving towards her quickly with his hands out, obviously trying to get the blindfold off.

"No...please stay away...don't hurt me please." The small figure said, as she pushed herself deeper into the corner.

"Get away from her!" Morgan said to the officer.

"I–I'm sorry, I was just trying to help." The officer said trying to defend himself.

"We told you not to go near her if you found her!" JJ yelled at him, pushing the officers out of the room.

"Em...Emily...Its me, Morgan. Princess can you hear me?" Morgan said, as he crouched down a few feet away from her.

"Princess? Chris already came back for her? It's so soon..." She thought, feeling the panic rise.

She began sinking down further and started shaking her head.

"No...no leave me alone! Get away from me! Please!" Emily cried out.

The fear in her voice caught both Morgan and JJ off guard.

"Em...you're safe now. Nobody is going to hurt you anymore." JJ said softly, kneeling down next to Morgan. She felt tears burning her eyes as she saw the mental state of her friend.

"Emily, it's me, JJ. We're here to save you. I promise you, nobody will hurt you ever again." JJ said, trying to soothe the brunette profiler.

"J...JJ?" She hiccuped.

"Yes Em, it's me. I'm right here," JJ whispered. "Can I take off the blindfold?" JJ asked cautiously.

Emily nodded hesitantly as JJ moved closer to take the blindfold off of Emily's head.

Morgan decided it would be best if he kept his distance and let JJ take charge.

Once JJ had the blindfold off, Emily opened her eyes.

"You're here...you found me.." Emily said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Of course we did Em, you're safe." JJ said softly.

Emily tried to stay strong as long as she could. She sat there, looking at JJ with tears in her eyes.

"He...I'm...He.." Emily tried to talk, but tears made their way down her face.

"Come here," JJ said pulling her friend close.

And for the first time since she was kidnapped eight days ago, Emily Prentiss cried.